Kalinkovo

Kalinkovo Szemet
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°04′N17°15′E / 48.07°N 17.25°E / 48.07; 17.25
Country	Slovakia
Region	Bratislava Region
District	Senec District
First mentioned	1288
Area [1]
• Total	12.91 km2 (4.98 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	129 m (423 ft)
Population  (2024) [3]
• Total	1,564
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	900 43 [2]
Area code	+421 15 [2]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	SC
Website	www.obeckalinkovo.sk

Kalinkovo (Hungarian : Szemet) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region. ^{[4] [5]}

History

The village was first mentioned in 1258 as Dénešdi village and later in 1288 as Šemet. ^[6] In 1948 the name was changed to Kalinkovo that carries today. ^[7]

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 129 metres (423 ft) ^[2] and covers an area of 12.91 km² (4.98 sq mi) (2024). ^[8]

Population

Population statistic (10 years) ^[9]

Year	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count	849	957	1278	1564
Difference		+12.72%	+33.54%	+22.37%

Population statistic ^[9]

Year	2023	2024
Count	1530	1564
Difference		+2.22%

It has a population of 1564 people (31 December 2024). ^[10]

Ethnicity

Census 2021 (1+ %) ^{[11] [12]}

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	1167	79.55%
Hungarian	273	18.6%
Not found out	38	2.59%
Czech	19	1.29%
Other	15	1.02%
Total	1467

In year 2021 was 1467 people by ethnicity 1167 as Slovak, 273 as Hungarian, 38 as Not found out, 19 as Czech, 15 as Other, 9 as Russian, 6 as Ukrainian, 6 as Rusyn, 6 as German, 4 as Romani, 1 as Iranian and 1 as Greek.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %) ^[13]

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	820	55.9%
None	518	35.31%
Evangelical Church	30	2.04%
Not found out	29	1.98%
Total	1467

In year 2021 was 1467 people by religion 820 from Roman Catholic Church, 518 from None, 30 from Evangelical Church, 29 from Not found out, 12 from Greek Catholic Church, 10 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 7 from Calvinist Church, 6 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 6 from Apostolic Church, 4 from Old Catholic Church, 4 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 4 from Other, 4 from Ad hoc movements, 3 from Buddhism, 2 from Islam, 2 from Baptists Church, 2 from Bahá'i Community, 1 from Jewish community, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Other and not ascertained christian church and 1 from Hinduism.

Facilities

The village has a public library, post office, gas distribution network and a football pitch. ^[14] In the centre of the village is one big church (in comparison with other neighbour villages) called Kostol sv. Františka z Assisi.In this village you can also find a small graveyard with 3 meters tall jesus on the cross statue. ^[15]

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1672-1896 (parish B)
• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1706-1895 (parish B)

See also

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

External links/Sources

• Media related to Kalinkovo at Wikimedia Commons
• Official page
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html

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• Surnames of living people in Kalinkovo